Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 17958, Timothy Foot, Conn.

SERVICE
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Foot, Timothy
NUMBER
S. 17958
CONTENTS
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19.588 Ohio. Pittsburgh.
Timothy Foot.
Huron Co in the State of Ohio. who was a Private in the Co — commanded by Captain Gillett. of the Regt commanded by Col. Patterson in the Court line for 9 1/2 mos.
4 mos. Cavalry 16.67. 5 1/2 " Infantry 18.33 35.00
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio Pittsburgh at the rate of 35. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 27 day of Nov 1833 and sent to Lewis B. Huggins. Norwalk. Huron Co. Ohio.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833. — 87.50. Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Dec 34 — 17.50 $105.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by W. H. Palmer Clerk Book E Vol. 8 Page 111.
Certif: issued in favor of Lucy Foot. Widow

No 523. Timothy Roots
Pension papers.

State of Ohio Huron County
vs Norwalk July 21 st
A D 1832
At and before the Supreme Court of said State within and for said County. On the 21 st day of July personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of said Court now sitting, Timothy Foster a resident of Perrinsville aged eighty years of age who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on oath state that he is the person herein in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of the act of Congress passed June 7 th A D 1802. That he entered the service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated. That about the beginning of the Revolutionary War was in the year A D 1776. He was drafted and entered the Militia of Connecticut into a Company commanded by Captain Jonathan Gillet in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Jonathan Trumbull. For some months that he hired a Substitute named Stephen Languworthy which Substitute was ordered & went in the first instance to New York as he believes & from thence over to Long Island with the American Troops when he served under General Washington when said Army retreated before the British from Long Island to York Island. That afterwards in the same year said Militia was called out in Mass and he the Deponent volunteered in a Company commanded by Samuel Roberts Captain of Simsbury, Connecticut in a Regiment commanded by Colonel Jonathan Trumbull went to New York City according to his best recollection he served between five and six months & from New York where he was taken sick of the Camp distemper, he went to West Chester and he was in New York when the American Army under General Washington retreated from Long Island after convalescing from his sickness he returned home from West Chester to Simsbury, Connecticut. That afterwards in the year A D 1777 he enlisted into a Light Horse Regiment commanded by Colonel Noah Phelps of said Simsbury for four months as a minuteman or during said War. He afterwards when services served at Norwalk in said Light Horse Regiment for four months. He did himself in readiness & was liable to be called upon to serve at any time during said War. He went with a Company of Horn to Danbury and Ridgefield in Connecticut when the British burnt the in two towns that he also went to Fairfield when the British burnt that town said town being in Fairfield County State of Connecticut that Captain Hester & General Wooster both of New Haven Connecticut were killed at said Ridgefield. That the whole of the time he served in said Revolutionary was at least three years.
That he knows of no person living at this time who can testify to his services aforesaid. That he was then aged eighty years the 9 th of October next was born in said Simsbury in Hartford County, Connecticut in the year A D 1752. He has no record of his age subscribed to me to the day & year aforesaid. Timothy Foster
James Smith Clerk Sub. Ct.

and the said Timothy Foot further declares & testifies that he came into said Penn State on October 18th 1821. that he has not become acquainted with any Clergyman in said State or said County, on or since.
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid Timothy Foot He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the Pension List of the agency of any State. D. Gibbs Clerk Sup. Ct.
Sworn & subscribed the day and year aforesaid D. Gibbs Clerk Sup. Ct.
We Thomas Parker and E. C. Parker residing in Penn Township here in Huron County State of Ohio. hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Timothy Foot of said Penn who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration. that we believe him to be Seventy nine years of age - that he is respected and beloved in the neigh- hood where resides. We have been in Soldiers in the Revolutionary War and that we concur in that opinion, & that we also con- sider him a man of veracity.
Thomas Parker E. C. Parker
Sworn and subscribed the day and year aforesaid D. Gibbs Clerk Sup. Ct.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department. that the above named Applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the Court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas Parker and E. C. Parker are Residents in the Township of Penn. who have signed the preceding Certificate. and are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
Attest D. Gibbs Clerk Sup. Ct.
I D. Gibbs Clerk of the Supreme Court of Huron County Ohio do certify that the foregoing are the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Timothy Foot for a pension. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal of Office this 16th day of August A.D. 1832. D. Gibbs Clerk Sup. Ct.

State of Ohio Hudson County St Norwalk.
On this 18 th day of March A D 1833 personally appeared before me Timothy Baker one of the Associate Judges of the Court of Common Pleas within & for said County. Ebenezer Foot a resident of Fairfield in said County aged fifty four years. who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his Oath make the following declaration supplemental to a declaration made by Timothy Foot late of Peru in said County now deceased made before the Supreme Court for said State. Held in Open Court in said Norwalk on the 27 th of July 1832 in order to obtain the benefit of the provision of an Act of March passed June 7 th 1832 in favor of Timothy Foot that he the said Timothy died on the 8 th of August 1832 & that he the Declarant was & is the Son of the said deceased That the said deceased as the Declarant always understood, when he was drafted & entered into the Militia of Connecticut in the year A D 1776 lived in Linsbury in Connecticut. where the said deceased was born. That afterwards in the same year when the Militia was called out in Mass. & he the said deceased returned in the same as mentioned in his declaration. the said Timothy then also lived in said Linsbury. That afterwards in the year A D 1777 when he enlisted & entered into the Light Horse com- manded by Colonel Noah Phelps. as mentioned in said de- claration the said Timothy then also lived in said Linsbury That the present Declarant having lived with the said Timothy his Father most of his life has heard many & various conversations between the said Timothy & other persons. Has frequently conversed with him himself. Has always understood from his said Father that after & from the time of his enlisting in said Light Horse that his Father always kept a Slave property caparisoned

Timothy that the said was always equipped with military clothes, saddle, bridle, sword, pistols & holsters. I was also liable at a minute's notice to be called into the service of the United States. From said 1777 to the end of the Revolutionary War. That he always understood from said conversation that that said Timothy did so serve at various times to the end of said war. That he has no documentary evidence respecting his said services at the present declarant knows of. Nor does the Declarant know nor did he ever hear he had any discharge. Nor does the present Declarant know of any record of the age of said Timothy nor that he lived after the revolutionary war for about ten or said Timothy he removed from there to Stockbridge Massachusetts where he lived two or existing years from there to Johnstown State of New York where he lived about twenty five years from there he removed to Manchester Canada where he lived he lived about twenty years from there he removed to Canada where he lived about ten The present declarant also mentions the names of William Chaffee of Fairfield in said County of Herk & Ephraim Parker of said Peru who were neighbors of the said Timothy who can testify to the character of said Timothy for truth & veracity & their belief of the services of said Timothy as a soldier of the revolution and that William Chaffee & Ephraim Parker are credible persons. Sworn & subscribed before me this _____ Ebenezer Root 8th day of March 1833 Timothy Baker Judge of Herk Co. Pleas

State of Ohio Huron County Ss. On this 21 st day of March A D 1833
Personally appeared before me Philip Moffit a Justice of the Peace for the same Town of Fairfield.
Lucy - Last widow and relic of Timothy Root late of said Fairfield was deceased. Being firstly duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath declare & say that said Timothy died on the 6 th of August A D 1832 that she the Deponent was married to & lived with said Timothy as his wife for about forty six years. That she was his second wife & has at many & various times during their living together heard the said Timothy in many conversations with herself & others speak & mention of his services as a revolutionary Soldier that he particularly cheered him. State that he was a minute Man in that light horse was always unmounted as a light horse man & kept always in readiness a proper harness for the service with Pistols Holster a Sword etc. That he did serve at various & at all times when he was called upon from the time of his Enlistment to the end of the war. That she understood from him that he had a Corporals Warrant which she believes was burnt among a bag of papers which were some years burnt altogether. Lucy Root
Sworn to & subscribed this 21 st day of March A D 1833
Philip Moffit Justice Peace

I D. Gibbs Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within and for the County of Harrison in the State of Ohio; do certify that the Honorable Timothy Baker was on the eighth day of March 1833. and is now an Associate Judge of said Court of Common Pleas. and that Philip Hoffmeister was on the 21 st day of March 1833 and is now a Justice of the Peace for Fairfield in said County - and that the signature of said Baker purporting to be his - is genuine - and that the signature purporting to be said Hoffmeister's is genuine.
In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my Seal of Office in said Court this 6 th day of June A.D. 1833
D. Gibbs Clerk M. C. P.

17958 INVALID.
No. 17958
Timothy Root
His Rev War
Act: June 7 th 32
Lex:—Vol. 1 , Page 442
[Arrangement of 1870.]

 2/3 125  250 16.67 16.66 1.67  35.00
Adm 9. Mo. 15 days 4 Months thereof as Caralag
Certificate to make in the name of Lucy Hook Madam of dec d . $35. per an
h. cap. 32.

War Department Pension Office 26. Nov 1852
Sir.
You will please forward to the Office the Certificate of the Judges of

State of Ohio Huron County Westport March 8 th 1839
We William Greenfield William Cherry of Fairfield in County and Ephraim Parker of Peru in said County do hereby certify that we were well acquainted with Timothy Frost late of Peru in the County of Huron State of Ohio now deceased & that we always con- sidered him as a man of truth & veracity - & that he was respected and beloved in the neighborhood in which he resided to have been a Soldier of the Revolution & that we concur in that opinion William Cherry Ephraim Parker
Subscribed & sworn to before me
Timothy Baker Judge of Huron Court Pleas

Ohio June 16, 1848
2
FREE
Edwards Eugene
Commissioner of Pensions
War Department
Washington
Almost what you said -

June 16,
Ohio N.D.
FREE
L Edwards Esq.
Commissioner of Pensions War Department Washington -
Admit what you will of no use -

Norman St. St. C. Ohio June 6 th 1833
J L Edwards Esqr
Commissioner of Pensions
Sir
In return to you the papers of Timothy Foot in his application for a Pension I have informed you before that the old Gentleman died soon after his original papers were prepared & forwarded to you unfortunately on account of his death the objections mentioned in your "brief objections" cannot be entirely removed by him personally but from other sources I think they will be satisfactory to you.
First as to the 4 th & 5 th objection. — It appears from his original declaration that under Capt Samuel Roberts he volunteered into his company of Militia in Colonel Jonathan Pettibone's regiment he served in 1776 between five & six months. That in 1777 he enlisted into a Light Horse Regiment commanded by Colonel Noah Phelps of Linsbury as a minute man served at Horse Creek in said Light Horse for four months. That he served in said Light Horse at Danbury, Ridgefield & Fairfield when the British burnt them. From probably he might have served in these Expeditions at least a month. That he was always prepared & in readiness at any time during said war. That he served in said Revolution war at least three years.
His Son Ebenezer Foot aged 54 years whose deposition has been taken since the death of Timothy Foot & is annexed confirms the Declaration of the Father from various conversations with him that he served in the Militia in 1776. That he enlisted into the Light Horse in 1777. That he was always prepared with a Horse. He was always duly equipped for service & was always liable to be called into service from 1777 to the end of the War. That he understood that he did serve at various times to the end of the War.
Objection 2 a "3 rd question not answered" It appears from the Declarant's declaration that after serving in the Militia 5 or 6 months he returned to his home in "Linsbury" where he lived when he entered into his first service. His Son Ebenezer Foot who swears his Father lived at Linsbury when he entered into his War service.
Objection 3 rd He has mentioned the names of regular Officers with whom he served vizt. Capt Jonathan Gillet, Colonel Jonathan Pettibone, Capt Samuel Roberts, Colonel Jonathan Humpfrey, Colonel Noah Phelps of the Light Horse. Objection 4 th His Son Ebenezer Foot says he never heard or knew of his having a discharge.

Objection 5 Thomas Parker, El Parker, & William Cherry have testified as to his reputation as being a Revolutionary Soldier. That he was a man of truth & veracity - His widow has also sworn as to his general reputation upon her husband's various conversations that he served with her stated from her deposition it is probable that his discharge if he ever had one was burnt up as her Corporals warrant was burnt respecting which she has testified her belief. - I believe this case to be an exceptional one. Unfortunately owing to her death we cannot procure more positive testimony than we have. I suppose the widows deposition comes within the spirit of the in Traditional Evidences.
I am Respectfully John B. Lord Lewis B. Sturges

Certificate of Timothy Doot's character

State of Ohio Huron County } So. Pym } Fairfield } Greenfield
Dec 2 1832
8 Greenfield
We the Subscribers Inhabitants of Fairfield & of Pym do hereby certify that we have for some time past been acquainted with the Family Foot of said Pym of the age of about eighty years that we have ever esteemed him as a Gentleman of honesty and undoubted veracity & a good wholesome Citizen before the utmost confidence in the truth of any his declarations whether given under Oath or otherwise
Signed by Luther Hodges Seth G. Barker
Thomas Parker Ebenezer Strong
Isaac D'Arnes
Isaac Starr
Col Walter Hoyt Phillip Kopp Wm Davis Capt. Abijah Benson

Wills to the ... Done among the ... Lure and Support ... of the same dated ... Philadelphia March 30 th 1834 Test Lemuel Roberts